| RETENTION | Revise rent, I note, or enter into continued possession (9) |
| TRADESMEN | Revise rents made to those in commerce (9) |
| ELASTIC | Least flexible, I note, or adjustable (7) |
| CONSCIENTIOUS | Hard-working since unfortunately getting into continued personal debts |
| TRIENNIAL | Nail rent I laid out every third year (9) |
| BARTERING | You offer the rent, I grab it in exchange |
| GOONANDON | Talk a lot or enter stage twice! (2,2,3,2) |
| FACEVALUE | The worth of a paper note or coin as written or stamped on it (4,5) |
| DEODORANT | Add note or circuits for hum suppressor |
| LIMESTONE | Ancient Egyptians turned this sort of rock into ostraca, on which they scribbled notes or sketched. Ancient Greeks used them too. |
| TORPOR | Frogs can either hibernate or enter a state of physical or mental inactivity called ___ |
| THIRTEEN | The rent I arranged for a number |
| ENTIRE | Complete portion of rent I received (6) |
| INERT | Preposterous rent I find still. (5) |
| ENTREAT | Give me enough to eat and take care of the rent, I beseech you! |
| AFTERYOU | Please go or enter before me (5,3) |
| GOTOGROUND | Visit stadium or enter hiding? (2,2,6) |
| IMPENETRABLE | Impossible to pass through or enter |
| ACCESS | The means to approach or enter a place (6) |
| KEY | It may say "shift" or "enter" |